A young football coach who left his French Bulldog with untreated ear masses has been sent to jail for eight weeks and banned from keeping any animals for life.

Cortez Marvin Belle, 38, of Orb Drive, Newport, was sentenced in Newport Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, December 30, following an RSPCA lawsuit. He had pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering during a hearing earlier this month, the court confirmed.

Newport magistrates said the “prolonged negligence” case was so serious that it crossed the threshold of detention.

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Belle said he couldn’t afford to pay for a three-year-old Treatment of the Tinkerbell. The court heard she had previously had two litters of puppies, with the dogs selling for £ 1,500 each.

The RSPCA said the court heard Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) Isobel Burston visit Belle’s home on August 11 of this year over concerns about her dog. She described feeling “rotten flesh” as soon as she entered the property and seeing a tennis ball-sized growth tangled in Tinkerbell’s left ear.

In court testimony, ARO Burston said: “I have seen something similar to this before and I knew that was where the bad smell was coming from. I knelt down to take a closer look. growth looked damp and debris and hair was stuck to it in some areas, and opening up painful-looking yellow patches underneath.

Belle told the officer he took Tinkerbell to see a vet about six to eight weeks before, but was told she would need a very expensive surgery that he couldn’t afford , and that her ex-partner canceled pet insurance after the outage. of their relationship.

Tinkerbell was taken to a vet by the RSPCA later that day. She was examined and found to be in poor physical condition, with her spine and ribs visible and a tucked-up appearance.

The vet who treated her said, “The growths looked like polyps and these polyps had invaded both of her ear canals, leaving no ear canals evident for hearing; at this point, I imagine she is almost deaf.

“On the left ear, attached to the polyp of the inner ear, there was another mass, this was attached via a rod. The mass measured about 20 by 20 centimeters, was cylindrical in shape and hung from the polyp of the ear.

“This lump was severely infected and ulcerated in places and also weighed that side of his head down, causing his head to tilt.”

The vet said it would have taken at least three to six months for the internal masses of the polyps to grow to the size they were, while the mass attached to the polyp in the left ear was so severe it could have grown up to a year.

RSPCA inspector Gemma Cooper, who investigated the animal welfare charity case, interviewed Belle on August 16. He told her there had been lingering issues with Tinkerbell’s ears over the two and a half years he had owned her – including times when she had given birth to two litters of puppies – and that a vet had given her antibiotics and steroids to treat her.

He said his insurance policy would not cover the £ 6,000 he was told it would cost to operate on one of Tinkerbell’s ears.

After the hearing, Inspector Cooper said: “I am very happy that the court recognized the seriousness of Tinkerbell’s negligence. Belle had every chance to seek veterinary treatment or help from various charities. for animals in South Wales, but he did not.

“Her inaction made Tinker Bell suffer for months and she is now permanently deaf.”

Belle, whom the RSPCA said the court heard from a youth football coach and a railway worker, was also ordered to pay costs of £ 420 and a victim fine surcharge of £ 128, Newport Magistrates Court has confirmed.

In mitigation, the RSPCA said Belle told the court he suffered from mental health issues and expressed remorse and regret for what had happened, saying he did not seek to blame anyone other than himself.

Tinkerbell is recovering well at an RSPCA animal center and will be relocated in due course, the charity added.

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